The Rocks

Train and get fit while exploring The Rocks. It's a win-win!

Grab your mates and come and try the fastest growing sport

Through intimate guided tours, we tell the stories of everyday families who helped shape Sydney.

Love basketball? Enter a social or corporate basketball team

Play for social and corporate teams, at lunchtime and after business hours

Strengthen and stretch your entire body

Art without Boundaries

First of its kind in a major Australian museum and is presented as part of the Sydney International Art Series 2025–26.

Free exhibition of artworks

Low intensity guided movement techniques to improve your balance, strength, coordination and movement

Interval training using both conditioning and strength tools

A dynamic display that illuminates histories, trajectories and highlights of the MCA’s Collection.

Gym and fitness activities

Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace commission

Have fun and make new friends playing soccer

History becomes opera in Wael Shawky’s globally acclaimed work ‘Drama 1882’.

A solo presentation of significant ceramic installations by Yasmin Smith.

New workouts for every day of the week

The world famous candy-makers at Sticky Lollies host a free candy-making show every day

We talk to people walking and riding about respecting each other’s journey, and sharing spaces courteously

A fun racquet sport suitable for all ages

Keep active and maintain your fitness

For all fitness levels

Join us for a special event with Helen Pitt, author of the new book ‘Luna Park’, in conversation with Richard Glover

An exhibition of 17 contemporary artists responding to place and climate change

Have your children learn the skills of soccer in a fun and safe environment.

Walk around Sydney's "The Rocks" area while taking photos

This fun racquet sport will improve your health and fitness while making new friends

A 45 minute, all body workout that will challenge you and leave you on a high

Experience an intimate guided tour of the iconic heritage-listed Sydney Observatory.

Meet other local basketball players and have fun

Build strength and flexibility through this mind and body practice

Learn more about Wael Shawky’s Drama 1882 from MCA Senior Curator Jane Devery in this special talk

Get your heart rate up and arms pumping with this lunchtime boxing class

Join us for a 45 minute class, no experience necessary

A curator led tour of Yasmin Smith: Elemental Life

A series of short films taking you behind the works on display at the MCA Australia.

Explore all things ghostly as we visit Sydney's most haunted pubs.

MCA now opening late on Thursdays

Venture back to historic Sydney. A time when prisoners were the law

Five gins, five courses – a tasting dinner where gin takes the lead

Join us for our monthly walk to different parts of our beautiful city.

Explore the iconic Sydney Observatory with a tour designed for groups that include young children aged 6 and older.

Sketch in the galleries after hours.

A moving celebration from the MCA to Burwood

Fashion lovers can be a part of the AFW community with the exclusive Fashion Pass.

Co-presented by the Power Institute and MCA Australia, as part of the Visual Research Program.

Explore the elegance of Japanese whisky with tastings and canapés in our storied, atmospheric underground chamber.

Experience live music performed by fourth-year students from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

An immersive after-dark experience of sound, light and moving image.

Part of Vivid Sydney 2026, a bold vision of Oceanic futurism by Sāmoan/Australian artist Angela Tiatia

Climb during Vivid Sydney and see Sydney sparkle from the Summit!

Witness the stunning lights of Vivid Sydney at the MCA

A talk with Sāmoan/Australian artist Angela Tiatia and MCA Curator Antares Wells.

A vibrant menu paired with a vibrant view

Journey through whiskey history with guided tastings that reveal how the spirit evolved across centuries.